While sensory symptoms rarely become permanent, they can be dangerous.
Just put your fingers into the proper position and type away!”
“I quickly realized you don’t actually have to feel the keys when you type. Dan was diagnosed with MS on Valentine’s Day in 2000, at age 27. “When I first was diagnosed, I was concerned how that would affect my ability to type, as that’s a huge part of my job as a writer,” he says. She describes the feeling as “like that tingly, pins-and-needles feeling you get when your hand falls asleep and the rest of your body is awake, only no matter how hard you try to shake and wake it up, the feeling won’t go away.”ĭan, who writes for the couple’s blog, A Couple Takes on MS, also experiences numbness and tingling in his hands and feet. “My first MS symptom was numbness in my right hand, but that was well before my diagnosis,” says Jennifer, who was diagnosed with MS in 1997, eight days after her 23rd birthday. Husband and wife Dan and Jennifer Digmann, who both have MS, have struggled with such sensory symptoms. Rarely Permanent, but Potentially Dangerous
CONTINUOUS PINS AND NEEDLES IN HANDS AND FEET SKIN
RELATED: When Multiple Sclerosis Causes Skin Symptoms “If they’re symptoms caused by old nerve damage, they may flare up during periods of fatigue or illness, and then go away with rest and recovery,” Dr. The symptoms may come and go, or they may come and stay. Numbness, abnormal sensations, and pain can affect virtually any part of the body: the face, torso, arms, hands, legs, or feet. Lhermitte’s sign, an acute, electric shock–like sensation running down the spine and into the limbs that occurs when the head is bent forward.The “MS hug,” a band-like tightness or girdling feeling in the chest or abdomen that can be the result of nerve damage or spasms in the small muscles between the ribs.Loss of sensation is experienced as numbness in the affected area or body part. Lublin, MD, professor of neurology and director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City: loss of sensation, abnormal sensations, and painful sensations. People with MS experience three basic types of sensory symptoms, says Fred D. But a range of strategies can help with managing these types of symptoms.
They are also among the most common symptoms, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS).īecause these symptoms are caused by the nerve damage that is a part of multiple sclerosis, anyone with MS is at risk of developing them. Some of the most distressing symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) are sensory disturbances - sensations that can range from numbness to itching to burning pain.
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